Tuesday, March 12, 2024

COMMON DREAMS: Top News: 'That's the Law,' Senators Tell Biden Over Gaza



Tuesday, March 12, 2024

■ Today's Top News 


Jewish Progressives Stage Sit-In at Hakeem Jeffries' Office to Protest AIPAC Influence

"Our Jewish communities are rising up to say, 'Never again is now,'" said organizers.

By Julia Conley



Biden Proposes Major Tax Increase on Fuel for Private Jets

"We have to stop private jet users from ruining the climate for everyone else," Sen. Ed Markey said.

By Thor Benson



School Hate Crimes Quadruple in GOP States Attacking LGBTQ+ Rights

"For the activists and politicians writing these laws, this is just a sign that their plan is working," said one rights advocate.

By Julia Conley



'Uncommitted' in Washington Aim to Keep Pressure on Biden Over Gaza

"Without a change in tone and policy, Biden risks becoming a one-term president simply because he couldn't be responsive to the overwhelming demands of the American people," said one Democratic primary voter.

By Jessica Corbett



Critics Warn RNC 'Bloodbath' a Preview of What Project 2025 Would Do If Trump Reelected

"There's already a recruitment and training program for MAGA militants underway," said one journalist focused on the issue.

By Thor Benson



'That's the Law': Senators Say Biden Must End Arms Sales If Israel Keeps Blocking Aid

"Federal law is clear, and, given the urgency of the crisis in Gaza, and the repeated refusal of Prime Minister Netanyahu to address U.S. concerns on this issue, immediate action is necessary."

By Jake Johnson


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Israeli Genocide Causing 'Complete Psychological Destruction' of Gaza Children


As Starvation Death Toll Grows in Gaza, Israel Blocks Aid Over Scissors in Child Medical Kits

The decision demonstrates "why there can be no end to the genocide of Palestinians without an end of Israel's control over Gaza," said one human rights lawyer.

With the level of humanitarian aid reaching Gaza residents perilously low and creating what one group last week called "famine-like conditions" throughout the enclave, the United Nations' top official overseeing relief for Palestinians on Tuesday condemned Israel's latest reason for blocking a shipment: It included medical scissors for caring for children.

Israel flagged the scissors as a so-called "dual-use" item, suggesting the government feared medical workers in Gaza—where more than 600 attacks on hospitals have pushed the healthcare system toward collapse—would use the scissors as weapons instead of to care for people who have been injured in relentless bombings.

With the level of humanitarian aid reaching Gaza residents perilously low and creating what one group last week called "famine-like conditions" throughout the enclave, the United Nations' top official overseeing relief for Palestinians on Tuesday condemned Israel's latest reason for blocking a shipment: It included medical scissors for caring for children.

Israel flagged the scissors as a so-called "dual-use" item, suggesting the government feared medical workers in Gaza—where more than 600 attacks on hospitals have pushed the healthcare system toward collapse—would use the scissors as weapons instead of to care for people who have been injured in relentless bombings.

#Gaza: an entire population depends on humanitarian assistance for survival. Very little comes in & restrictions increase. A truck loaded with aid has just been turned back because it had scissors used in children’s medical kits. Medical scissors are now added to a long list of banned items the Israeli Authorities classify as “for dual use”. The list includes basic and lifesaving items: from anesthetics, solar lights, oxygen cylinders and ventilators, to water cleaning tablets, cancer medicines and maternity kits. The clearance of humanitarian supplies + the delivery of basic & critical items need to be facilitated & accelerated. The lives of 2 million people depend on that, there is no time to waste.





Trump Says Freeing Insurrectionists Would Be One of His 'First Acts'

READ THE ACCOUNTS OF THE CAPITOL RIOTERS.
MANY ARRIVED ARMED. MANY ATTACKED & INJURED 
CAPITOL OFFICERS. SOME HAVE LONG CRIMINAL 
HISTORIES. SOME HAVE COMMITTED ADDITIONAL 
CRIMES SINCE JAN 6. IT'S PUBLIC INFORMATION & 
THERE IS NO EXCUSE TO REMAIN UNINFORMED.

Presumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump has repeatedly vowed to pardon those who took part in the January 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

Former President Donald Trump posted on Truth Social on Monday night that freeing the people who were imprisoned for their involvement in the January 6th insurrection would be one of his "first acts" if he returns to the White House.

"My first acts as your next President will be to Close the Border, DRILL, BABY, DRILL, and Free the January 6th Hostages being wrongfully imprisoned!" Trump posted.

This isn't the first time Trump has said he would free the prisoners, but him saying it would be one of his "first acts" indicates that he sees it as a priority. He's also been referring to the prisoners as "hostages" in recent months.

The prisoners have been charged with everything from assault to seditious conspiracy.

"Trump is out there saying he's going to pardon people who engaged in political violence, who bloodied and wounded and hospitalized 150 of our officers," Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) said in January.

"We better believe him. I mean, he pardoned Roger Stone, a political criminal; he pardoned Michael Flynn, his disgraced former national security adviser," Raskin added. "Now he wants to pardon the shock troops of January 6, so he will have this roving band of people willing to commit political violence and insurrection for him—how dangerous is that?”

Three states have attempted to remove Trump from the ballot due to his involvement in the January 6th insurrection—on the grounds that Section 3 of the 14th Amendment disqualifies him—but the Supreme Court ruled last week that Congress would have to act for that to happen.

The Supreme Court will rule on whether Trump has presidential immunity in the January 6th case in Washington, D.C. next month.





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■ Opinion


I Voted Uncommitted for a Future Where All Children Can Thrive

I cast my vote in strident opposition to the war on Gaza and to express my concerns that Democratic leaders are not forcefully challenging Trump's bigoted, racist, misogynist, and fascist rhetoric and intentions.

By John Ripton


Out-Gilding the Gilded Age

By the start of the 2020s, a light tax touch on America’s most financially favored had left America’s richest 0.01% with 10% of the nation’s wealth—over 10% above the top 0.01%’s share of the nation’s treasure in 1913.

By Sam Pizzigati


Meet Clarence Thomas’ Likely Successor If Trump Gets a 2nd Term

Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Judge James Ho may just be the most reactionary federal appellate judge in the country.

By Bill Blum


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